Which of the following processes typically takes place shortly after people complete their participation in a research study? - answer-debriefing
Who was the functionalist who authored a textbook for the emerging discipline of psychology? - answer-William James
Compared with the structuralist...
Which of the following processes typically takes place shortly after people complete
their participation in a research study? - answer-debriefing
Who was the functionalist who authored a textbook for the emerging discipline of
psychology? - answer-William James
Compared with the structuralists, early behaviorists were much less likely to focus on
the study of - answer-thinking
Debates as to whether the excessive use of alcohol is biologically determined or
culturally influenced are most relevant to the issue of - answer-Nature and nurture
An integrated explanation of human behavior provided by the neuroscience, cognitive,
social-cultural, and other perspectives in psychology is most clearly provided by -
answer-A biopsychosocial approach
The scientific attitude requires an open-minded humility because it involves a
willingness to - answer-Recognize the errors in our own ideas
The historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential was
known as - answer-humanistic psychology
Who pioneered the study of learning? - answer-Ivan Pavlov
The shared ideas and behaviors that one generation passes on to the next is known as
their - answer-culture
Focusing on the extent to which personality is influenced by motives outside our own
awareness is most relevant to the ________ perspective. - answer-psychodynamic
Dr. Stevens provides psychotherapy to people who suffer from excessive anxiety. Dr.
Stevens is most likely a ________ psychologist - answer-Clinical
After the horror of 9/11, many people said the American government should obviously
have foreseen the likelihood of this form of terrorism. This perception most clearly
illustrates - answer-hindsight bias
The tendency to perceive meaningful patterns in random sequences of outcomes often
leads us to underestimate the extent to which outcomes result from - answer-Chance
As a check on their biases, psychologists report their research using operational
definitions, which are - answer-carefully worded statements of the exact procedures
use
,A negative correlation between people's work-related stress and their marital happiness
would indicate that - answer-higher levels of marital happiness are associated with
lower levels of work-related stress.
To assess whether sense of humor is affected by sexual stimulation, researchers
exposed married couples to either sexually stimulating or to sexually nonstimulating
movie scenes prior to watching a comedy skit. In this research, the independent
variable consisted of - answer-Level of sexual stimulation
Which of the following is NOT a useful study tip for improving your retention of course
material? - answer-Cramming for assignments the night before
Janet tends to associate with others whose opinions are similar to her own. While this is
common, this also demonstrates how ________ could lead to misinformation. - answer-
group identity
Many have been told since they were children that if they go outside with wet hair they
will get sick. This belief is actually false. Why do so many people believe this myth? -
answer-Repetition
Which of the following best describes cognitive psychology? - answer-the study of
mental processes, such as occur when we perceive, learn, remember, think,
communicate, and solve problems
Which division of the autonomic nervous system arouses the body and mobilizes its
energy in stressful situations? - answer-the sympathetic nervous system
Evolutionary psychologists would be most likely to predict that - answer-children are
more likely to be valued by their biological fathers than by their stepfathers.
Paul and Jeff are biologically related non-twin siblings raised in the same home
environment. Susan and Cathy are biologically unrelated children adopted at birth and
raised as siblings in the same home environment. People are likely to ________ the
personality similarities of Paul and Jeff and ________ the personality similarities of
Susan and Cathy. - answer-overestimate; overestimate
The knee-jerk reflex requires the activity of the - answer-central nervous system
A segment of DNA that provides the code for creating protein molecules is called a(n) -
answer-gene
The function of dendrites is to - answer-receive incoming signals from other neurons.
Excitatory signals to a neuron must exceed inhibitory signals by a minimum intensity in
order to trigger - answer-an action potential.
, The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates correctly located the mind in the - answer-
brain
Information travels from the spinal cord to the brain through - answer-interneurons
After Terry lost a finger in an industrial accident, the area of his somatosensory cortex
devoted to receiving input from that finger gradually became very responsive to sensory
input from his adjacent fingers. This best illustrates - answer-plasticity
Neurogenesis refers to - answer-the formation of new neurons.
Sensory neurons transmit signals to - answer-interneurons
The two cerebral hemispheres in which specialized work teams that enable our
perceiving, thinking, and speaking are referred to as the - answer-cerebrum
The simplest neural pathways are those that govern our - answer-reflexes
Unlike fraternal twins, identical twins are described as - answer-monozygotic
The number of neurotransmitter molecules located within a specific synaptic gap would
most clearly be reduced by - answer-reuptake
Animal research has revealed a general reward system related to the release of the
neurotransmitter - answer-dopamine
An action potential would be triggered if neuron stimulation caused the electrical charge
to go above which threshold? - answer--55 m V
Motor neurons carry instructions outward, making them - answer-efferent
The best way to detect enlarged fluid-filled brain regions in some patients who have
schizophrenia is to use a(n) - answer-MRI
A rewarding consequence of cigarette smoking is that it reduces - answer-sensitivity to
pain
An EEG shows bursts of rapid, rhythmic brain-wave activity during ________ sleep. -
answer-NREM-2 (N2)
The simultaneous processing of information at both conscious and unconscious levels
is called - answer-dual processing
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